Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding)

Organisations: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Responsibilities

Emma is responsible for:

• floods and emergencies
• water
• clean air and noise
• environmental regulation (including chemicals, contaminated land and Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH))
• pesticides
• Net Zero, climate change and adaptation
• domestic and international marine
• lead for Environment Agency
• lead for Consumer Council for Water

Previous holders of this role

1. Emma Hardy MP

   2024 to 2026

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• Improving access to and use of digital services: open letter to business leaders
  • 17 July 2026
  • Correspondence
• World’s ocean to be better protected as UK ratifies landmark treaty
  • 10 July 2026
  • Press release
• International Climate Finance (ICF) Nature spend - EIR2026/13381
  • 07 July 2026
  • Foi release
• International Climate Finance (ICF) spend - EIR2026/11557
  • 18 June 2026
  • Foi release
• UK backs communities on the ocean's front line with £13.9 million investment
  • 17 June 2026
  • Press release
• EM on chemical maximum residue levels in or on certain products
  • 15 June 2026
  • Policy paper
• EM on Commission Regulation on REACH in articles (C(2026)2483)
  • 15 June 2026
  • Policy paper
• EM on substances in firefighting foams (C(2025)6544)
  • 15 June 2026
  • Policy paper
• £50 million investment to help protect Somerset’s farms and homes from flooding
  • 09 June 2026
  • Press release
• New offshore wind environmental protection powering homes
  • 21 May 2026
  • Press release

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